Kielce National Archives wish to advise that we do provide regular service with regard to conducting search within and replicating the material held on our archival resources. It is by traditional mail and not electronic by means of which the customer search queries are normally responded to.

Please be aware that any search performed by ourselves requires a fee which is levied on the requestor regardless of the final search results. As per Ordinance No 21/2012 on listing of prices for services provided by Kielce National Archives, dated 10th September 2012, and issued by the Head of Kielce National Archives, the prices are as follows: hourly flat search fee of PLN 60 is charged for any search performed within the archives, a fee of PLN 3 per page is charged for A4 formatted photocopy and PLN 4 for A3 formatted one, scanned copies are charged PLN 4 per page, a fee of PLN 4 per digital photo is charged, which is inclusive electronic data transmission cost if need be, a fee of PLN 1.50 is charged for data storage device (CD disc). Please note that in addition to the total due calculated in accordance with the rates quoted above the delivery surcharge may apply.

In the event of the requestor being in a position to point in their query to a specific entity by whom the document was issued and, at least, the year when it was drawn up, no fees are charged by the Archives. In such an event the only fees chargeable are the respective document copy fees.

What we can offer you is we can offer ourselves to search the following archival fonds for any information pertaining to your family members contained in them: 21/2251 Civil Registration Records of Dzialoszyce Synagogue District for the time period of 1826 to 1927, 21/2219 The Town of Skalbmierz Municipal Records for the time period of 1862 to 1950, 21/363 Polish Red Cross Board in the Voivodeship Capital City of Kielce for the time period of 1921 1968, 21/2271 Polish Red Cross Board of Kazimierza Wielka Branch for the time period of 1920 to 1934. The above-mentioned archival fonds are estimated to consume 3 hours of genealogical search, which translates into a fee of PLN 180.00, which is an equivalent of USD 57.14.

Should you be interested in placing a search order with the Archives, please ensure that an amount of USD 57.14 is paid into bank account belonging to our local branch:

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